GB1507115A - Transistor having integrated protection - Google Patents

Transistor having integrated protection

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Publication number
GB1507115A
GB1507115A GB26343/76A GB2634376A GB1507115A GB 1507115 A GB1507115 A GB 1507115A GB 26343/76 A GB26343/76 A GB 26343/76A GB 2634376 A GB2634376 A GB 2634376A GB 1507115 A GB1507115 A GB 1507115A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
junction
breakdown
region
highly doped
collector
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Expired
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GB26343/76A
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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Publication of GB1507115A publication Critical patent/GB1507115A/en
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/102Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration
    • H10D62/103Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices
    • H10D62/105Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices by having particular doping profiles, shapes or arrangements of PN junctions; by having supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE] 
    • H10D62/108Constructional design considerations for preventing surface leakage or controlling electric field concentration for increasing or controlling the breakdown voltage of reverse-biased devices by having particular doping profiles, shapes or arrangements of PN junctions; by having supplementary regions, e.g. junction termination extension [JTE]  having localised breakdown regions, e.g. built-in avalanching regions 
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D10/00Bipolar junction transistors [BJT]
    • H10D10/40Vertical BJTs
    • H10D10/441Vertical BJTs having an emitter-base junction ending at a main surface of the body and a base-collector junction ending at a lateral surface of the body
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/17Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes not carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. channel regions
    • H10D62/177Base regions of bipolar transistors, e.g. BJTs or IGBTs
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S257/00Active solid-state devices, e.g. transistors, solid-state diodes
    • Y10S257/913Active solid-state devices, e.g. transistors, solid-state diodes with means to absorb or localize unwanted impurities or defects from semiconductors, e.g. heavy metal gettering

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  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
GB26343/76A 1975-07-03 1976-06-24 Transistor having integrated protection Expired GB1507115A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US59301775A 1975-07-03 1975-07-03

Publications (1)

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GB1507115A true GB1507115A (en) 1978-04-12

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GB26343/76A Expired GB1507115A (en) 1975-07-03 1976-06-24 Transistor having integrated protection

Country Status (5)

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US (1) US4071852A (en, 2012)
JP (1) JPS529380A (en, 2012)
DE (1) DE2628273A1 (en, 2012)
GB (1) GB1507115A (en, 2012)
IT (1) IT1061511B (en, 2012)

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US4398206A (en) * 1981-02-11 1983-08-09 Rca Corporation Transistor with integrated diode and resistor
US4797720A (en) * 1981-07-29 1989-01-10 American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell Laboratories Controlled breakover bidirectional semiconductor switch
JPS61158177A (ja) * 1984-12-28 1986-07-17 Toshiba Corp 半導体装置
EP0310836A3 (de) * 1987-10-08 1989-06-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Halbleiterbauelement mit einem planaren pn-Übergang
JPH0766975B2 (ja) * 1988-12-09 1995-07-19 サンケン電気株式会社 複合型ダイオード装置
US4999683A (en) * 1988-12-30 1991-03-12 Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. Avalanche breakdown semiconductor device
US5027165A (en) * 1990-05-22 1991-06-25 Maxim Integrated Products Buried zener diode
US5479031A (en) * 1993-09-10 1995-12-26 Teccor Electronics, Inc. Four layer overvoltage protection device having buried regions aligned with shorting dots to increase the accuracy of overshoot voltage value
KR100263912B1 (ko) * 1998-05-20 2000-09-01 김덕중 반도체 소자의 다이오드 및 그 제조방법
JP2001352079A (ja) * 2000-06-07 2001-12-21 Nec Corp ダイオードおよびその製造方法
JP5228123B1 (ja) * 2011-11-28 2013-07-03 株式会社東芝 半導体装置及びその製造方法

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FR1453086A (fr) * 1964-11-06 1966-04-15 Telefunken Patent Dispositif semiconducteur et procédé de fabrication d'un tel dispositif
US3338758A (en) * 1964-12-31 1967-08-29 Fairchild Camera Instr Co Surface gradient protected high breakdown junctions
US3551760A (en) * 1966-03-28 1970-12-29 Hitachi Ltd Semiconductor device with an inversion preventing layer formed in a diffused region
US3714526A (en) * 1971-02-19 1973-01-30 Nasa Phototransistor

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US4071852A (en) 1978-01-31
DE2628273A1 (de) 1977-01-27
JPS529380A (en) 1977-01-24
IT1061511B (it) 1983-04-30
JPS5634105B2 (en, 2012) 1981-08-07

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee